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Interest high in Right to Work; gains unclear Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population Median Age and Age by Sex – U.S. Census Bureau Michigan pundit Rick Haglund purports to be having a hard time telling how Michigan would benefit economically from…
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Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage Firefighters, Nurses and Working Families Ask State Senators to Avoid Divisive Politics Since the early 19th Century, federal courts have recognized freedom of movement as a right protected by the U.S.…
Read MoreKEEGAN: Hey, Quinn, it’s not a cute pension python – it’s fiscal … Next School Crisis for Chicago – Pension Fund Is Running Dry … In early 2011, after ramming through the Illinois Legislature a multi-billion-dollar tax hike, Big Labor Gov. Pat Quinn (D)…
Read MoreE.J. Dionne Jr. -No glory for governors trying to do theright fiscal Connecticut’s Fiscal Mess- National Review Online Wisconsin budget projections show surplus In early 2o11, journalistic apologists for compulsory unionism relentlessly vilified Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker…
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Amid Sandy’s devastation, Long Island union sent … – The Daily Caller Setting the Record Straight on Hurricane Sandy Response At the beginning of this month, an array of news outlets reported about how the forced-unionism demands of International Brotherhood…
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Michigan should avoid right-to-work sideshow Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage Big Labor’s allies sometimes concede that states with Right to Work laws, which bar the firing of employees for refusal to pay union dues or fees to…
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Our State Government Victory Nine-and-a-half months ago, on January 25, the Hoosier House of Representatives voted 54-44 to adopt H.B.1001, legislation making Indiana 23rd Right to Work state. On February 1, the Indiana Senate, which had already passed another version…
Read MoreSeven Lowest-Ranking States For Cost of Living-Adjusted Income Lack Right to Work Laws (Click todownloadFact Sheet) Economists who wish to compare living standards among various countries routinely use purchasing power parity (PPP) in their calculations. As its Wikipedia entry explains,…
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Survey: Voters have more favorable view of Obama http://www.bls.gov/lau/ststdsadata.txt As everyone knows by now, American voters reelected Democrat Barack Obama to a second four-year term as U.S. President yesterday. By several standards, President Obama’s victory was unimpressive. Most notably, while the…
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Daily Kos: President Obama’s remarks at Green Bay, WI, campaign … NEA Recognizes Need for STEM Teachers – Michigan Capitol … As Election Day nears, one of the few specific second-term initiatives President Obama is campaigning on is to “recruit 100,000 math and science…
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